Capsule (pharmacy)
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capsule-pharmacy-215-749849
title:
Capsule (pharmacy)
text:
In the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, encapsulation refers to a range of dosage forms—techniques used to enclose medicines—in a relatively stable shell known as a capsule, allowing them to, for example, be taken orally or be used as suppositories. The two main types of capsules are:
- Hard-shelled capsules, which contain dry, powdered ingredients or miniature pellets made by e.g. processes of extrusion or spheronization. These are made in two-halves: a smaller-diameter "body" that is filled a
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description:
Relatively stable shell containing medicine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_(pharmacy)
date created:
2005-11-01T11:24:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T17:28:43Z
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